Several local candidates for city council went unchallenged during this off-year election. In a town of over 200,000 (with the recent annexation of Ft. Bragg), this means that we as Libertarians have a decent shot  in future similar elections. For the races that did have opponents, some were separated by only a handful of votes. The election for Hope Mills Mayor had a 21 vote spread. Even in Fayetteville, some of the major city council races only had a total of a thousand or so votes, with a spread of around 200. A good Libertarian Candidate could win with less than 450 if the vote is split.

No opposition

Five of the nine council members cruised to victory Tuesday because they had no opposition on the ballots: Keith Bates of District 1; Bobby Hurst of District 5; Val Applewhite of District 7; Ted Mohn of District 8; and Wesley Meredith of District 9.

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main bulwark. -- Walter Lippmann